Physical Health and Schizophrenia
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The average life expectancy of people living with schizophrenia is about 10 to 20 years less than that of the general population and research has shown quite conclusively that people with schizophrenia have increased rates of physical illnesses; in fact over 75% of people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia have at least one chronic physical condition running alongside their schizophrenia and the more severe the schizophrenia is the more severe their physical problems are also likely to be.
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